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Please NASCAR, Don't Screw This Up
NASCAR by Mike Neff Stock car racing has been around for nearly a century, and NASCAR has been responsible for a vast majority of the growth of the sport since the early 1950s. From its humble beginni...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro 1. Carl Edwards  Edwards had the most telling line of the weekend at Pocono: “What’s the point of having the points lead if you don’t use it?” Think about that...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

King of the Mountains
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro You know something big has happened when Jeff Gordon hits a career milestone. Gordon, NASCAR’s active leader in career victories and a four-time Cup champion, has a portfol...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Pocono Raceway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Long Pond, Pa. Specs: 2.5-mile tri-oval; Banking/Turn 1: 14°; Banking/ Turn 1: 8°; Banking/ Turn 3: 6° 2010 Winners: Denny Hamlin (June), G...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

NASCAR Mid-Season Grades
NASCAR by Tom Bowles It’s hard to believe that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is already halfway through its regular season, but as the circuit heads to the melting mountains of Pocono, Pa., (seriousl...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro 1. Carl Edwards   Leads the series with seven top 5s and 10 top 10s through 13 races, including his most recent masterful performance — a fifth at Kansas. 2. J...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

High Plains Dealer
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro For the second week in a row, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and crew chief Steve Letarte played the fuel mileage game. And for the second week in a row, they came up just shy. In...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

A Tale of Three Drivers
NASCAR by Vito Pugliese Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 was its typical showcase of endurance, stamina and mechanical frailty — peppered with an F-bomb — and the cries of favoritism and foul luck for NAS...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Kansas Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Kansas City, Kan. Specs: 1.5-mile tri-oval; Banking/Turns: 15°; Banking/Tri-Oval: 10.4°; Banking/Backstretch: 5° 2010 Winner: Greg Biffle (...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro  1. Carl Edwards  The day faded to night at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Edwards’ car struggled to keep up. Regardless, he’s the man to beat on most weekends. ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

"The Closer" Strikes Again
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro Jimmie Johnson was still celebrating in Victory Lane at Auto Club Speedway on Feb. 21, 2010, when runner-up Kevin Harvick addressed the media and uttered a quote that still b...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

A Test of Man and Machine
NASCAR by Mike Neff Racing means many things to many people. There is the spectacle of the entire event, the crowds of people, the sounds and smells, strategy and pure speed. Perhaps the oldest — an...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Charlotte Motor Speedway
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Concord, N.C. Specs: 1.5-mile quad-oval; Banking/Turns: 24°; Banking/Straightaways: 5° 2010 Winners: Kurt Busch (May); Jamie McMurray (Oct.)...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Horsepower Rankings
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro  1. Carl Edwards Not that an exhibition All-Star Race factors too heavily into the Horsepower Rankings, but Edwards was on top of the list before the race, then he won th...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Flippin' for Cash
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro The 2011 Sprint All-Star Race certainly wasn’t as dramatic as past editions. The conclusion was no where near as exciting — or destructive — as 1992’s “One Hot Nigh...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

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